New books in Old Testament

For a recent piece in the Christian Century, soon-to-be Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs Prof. Jacq Lapsley has selected six new books, all of which can be found here on our shelves:

1. The great shift: Encountering God in Biblical times / James L. Kugel
2. Telling the Old Testament story : God's mission and God's people / Brad E. Kelle
3. Claiming her dignity : female resistance in the Old Testament / L. Juliana M. Claassens
4. Womanist Midrash : a reintroduction to the women of the Torah and the throne / Wilda C. Gafney
5. The house of the mother : the social roles of maternal kin in Biblical Hebrew narrative and poetry / Cynthia R. Chapman
6. Ancient prophecy : near eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives* / Martti Nissinen

*Also available as an e-book.